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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Finished: Little Monkey Foo Foo

Thank you for all of your good wishes for my speedy recovery! I think the positive thoughts of knitters are starting to pay off, because I'm feeling much better. I'm still nowhere near back to my old self (I'm still sore, tire easily, and have a bit of a buddha belly from the swelling), but tomorrow I should be able to spend the day out of bed and do things like get/cook food for myself. Today's big accomplishment was making it through the day without needing a nap. Granted, I did get 9 1/2 hours of sleep last night and spent pretty much the whole day in bed, but when you consider I needed a nap after a trip to the bathroom a couple of days ago, you can see what a big improvement that is.

If there's a plus side to being in the hospital and being (for lack of a better word) an invalid, it's that there's plenty of time to knit. This morning I finished up a pair of socks:

(Apologies for the crappy photos in this post; there's only so much I can do from bed with no natural light and very little flexibility.)

Here's a closeup of the no-purl pattern that works so well with this yarn:

There's not much to say about this pattern that hasn't already been said. I'd been intending this colorway of STR specifically for this pattern; something about the name of the colorway asked to be knit into a pattern with an animal name, I guess. In any case, making these no purl was a great tactic for making this pattern an even faster knit. In truth, these did not take as long as it seems, because they were started just before we left for the trip and picked up again when we returned -- and I really wasn't able to knit until the end of my stay in the hospital. So these went quite quickly, and now that the weather has gotten a little cooler and more seasonal, I'm looking forward to wearing them.

Tomorrow I hope to be out of bed, albeit still home-bound. We are supposed to be going to a dinner party Friday night, so I'm using that as my goal for the initial stage of recuperation. Keep those positive thoughts coming!

P.S. Forgot to mention the surprise that made my day -- I made my first trip downstairs since getting home to pick up the package the mailman left in the door, which turned out to be my October Rockin' Sock Club shipment! I won't post any spoilers just yet; suffice it to say I hope I'm feeling well enough to get out my swift and ball winder tomorrow so I can get to knitting!

I'm just catching up. Glad you're okay! I had an emergency appendectomy about 6 weeks after I got married--what a weird coincidence. Unfortunately I didn't knit then. Enjoy your extra time with yarn, and take it easy, and take full advantage of whatever sick leave plan you have. Rest up, and feel better soon! (And also, use this as an excuse for whatever you feel like for the next several months. I did!)

ooo, I like the no-purl monkeys...I'm going to have to add them to my queue now!! I have some STR that's been marinating in the stash, and I think that the monkey pattern may be just what they call for!! Glad to know you're feeling better. Hope to see you in a couple of weeks...I'll bring my stuff from Rhinebeck to share! :)

I'm still waiting on the Oct. kit, but I HAVE looked at the spoilers and it looks like a good one from the pics - Do you like it?? (I'm trying to finish my current socks, so I can be ready if it gets here today!)Glad you're recovering quickly.

I got my STR package yesterday, too. At first I wasn't sure how I felt about the yarn and then I looked at the pattern and decided the yarn and pattern are perfect! Don't know when I'll get to mine, but this is one pair that I'm definitely going to knit.